Golfing hand grip



Jan. 13, 1959 J. H. MILES, JR

GOLFING HAND GRIP Filed Sept. 4, 1956 IN VEN TOR. JOHN H. MILES ,J R.

/ ATTORNEY 2,867,814 GOLFING HAND GRIP John H. Miles, Jr., Ravenn'a,Ohio Application September 4, 1956, Serial No. 607,797 4 Claims. (Cl.2-20 This invention relates to a golfing hand grip.

In playing golf many players find it highly desirable to wear a handgrip to provide a surer grasp of the club, as well as to avoid theformation of blisters and calluses on the hand. While various golfinghand grips and golfing gloves have been proposed heretofore, they havenot proved entirely satisfactory, either because they so cover the handas to tend to dull the golfers sense of touch or because they areinconvenient to wear or to put on and take off as well as being too-hotfor comfort.

The present invention is directed to a novel golfing hand grip whichavoids the disadvantages associated with the previously proposedarticles of this general type.

Accordingly, it is in object of this invention to provide a novel andimproved golfing hand grip.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a novel golfing handgrip adapted to fit various sized hands.

Another object of this invention is to provide'a novel golfing hand gripof simplified and economical construction which is convenient to wearand to put on and take off.

Another object of the invention is to provide a grip which is of such acharacter that the use of the same causes the user to take a morecorrect grip on the club.

Other and further objects and advantages of the present invention willbe, apparent from the following description of a preferred embodimentthereof, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top view of the present golfing hand p;

Figure 2 shows the back of a hand with grip in place thereon; and

Figure 3 shows the front of the same hand with the grip in place.

Referring to the drawing, the present hand grip is of flexible material,preferably soft leather or the like, and is of one piece construction.It will be appreciated that it can be made in more than one piece ifdesired. It includes a back segment having a loop 10 dimensioned toreceive one or more fingers of the hand. As illustrated,

the loop receives the index finger and second finger of the However,some users, particularly those with hand. large hands, may prefer toinsert only the index finger into the loop, the loop being large enoughto take the largest finger. Furthermore, the user may prefer to insertone or more of the fingers other than the index finger into the loop 10.

The loop 10 has an inner portion 10:: which, as illustrated, extendsacross the front of the index finger and second finger and thence backbetween the second and third fingers and across the back of the hand.The loop 10 also has an outer portion 10b which, as illustrated, extendsacross the back of the index and second fingers and overlies the innerportion 10a across the remainder of the back of the hand.

At the ulnar side 11a of the hand the inner and outer portions 10a and10b of the loop 10 are stitched together '2 v at 12. Here the backsegment of the hand grip is joined to a front segment 13, which isshaped and dimensioned palm of the hand, as best seen in Fig. 3.v I

At the-radial side llb of the hand the'front segment 13 extends aroundthe palm and inside. the thumb to the backside of the hand. Here it isjoined to aterminal segment 14 which carries a snap fastener, socket 15to be snapped onto one of the complementary snap fastener elements 16 onthe outer portion 10b of loop 10, depending on the size of the usershand and theimanner in which he wears the grip;

It will be apparent that the illustrated grip may be put on or taken offquite readily. When worn, it does not bind the hand and therefore doesnot tend to dull the golfers sense of touch. The loop 10, which is largeenough to accommodate several fingers of the hand, if desired, and whichis adapted to be worn on any desired finger or fingers, enables thepresent grip to fitany hand, especially since the snap fastenerarrangement provides a selective size adjustment.

If desired, the terminal portion 14 and snap fastener arrangement 15, 16might be omitted from the hand grip, leaving the palm engaging frontportion 13 of the grip free at the radial side of the hand. In such analternative embodiment of the present hand grip the natural tendencywould be to let the front portion 13 drop out of the hand after eachshot. Therefore, the player would have to adjust the grip in placebefore making each shot and would thereby be made more conscious of themanner in which he is holding the club. For beginning golfers this mightbe desirable, whereas more expert golfers would not need this reminderand for this reason might prefer to have the grip fastened in place, asillustrated.

It will be appreciated that the gripping surface 13 may have a coatingof some material such as rubber which facilitates the engagement withthe club handle. In some instances the auxiliary gripping material maybe rubber stitching or cords fastened to the club gripping surface.

It is to be understood that, while there have been described hereincertain preferred embodiments of the present invention, variousmodifications, omissions and refinements which depart from the disclosedembodiment may be adopted without departing from the spirit and scope ofthis invention.

I claim:

1. A golfing hand grip of flexible material comprising a narrowelongated back segment which has a radial end and an ulnar end, saidback segment having a fingerreceiving loop formed by inner and outerportions for engagement respectivelywith the front and back of a fingeron the hand of a wearer, said inner and outer portions being joined toprovide a bight at the radial end of said back segment for engagementwith the radial side of a finger of the hand of a wearer which isreceived in said loop, said back segment being shaped and dimensioned toextend across the back of the hand away from said bight to the ulnarside of the hand, and a front segment which is substantially wider thansaid back segment and connected to the ulnar end of said back segmentand shaped and dimensioned to extend across the palm of the hand fromthe ulnar side to the radial side of the hand.

2. The golfing hand grip of claim 1, wherein said front segment isshaped and dimensioned to extend around the radial side of the handinside the thumb to the back of the hand, and wherein there is aterminal segment connected to said front segment and having provisionfor manually releasable attachment to said back segment at Patented.Jan. 13, 1959 the back of the'hand between-said bight and the ulnar VWhand, r,

end of the back segment. 7. v

3. A golfing hand grip of flexible material comprising a back segmentwhich has a radial end and an ulnar end, said back segment having afinger-rec'eik in'g 1ooi)"'formed by inner and outer'fportions forengagern'ent resiaectiyelyi with the front and back of a finger onthehand of a" wearer, said inner'and outer portions 'offlthe loop beingjoined to provide a Bight at the 'radial'endbf said back segmentfor'eng'agement with the radial sideof sid'fi'ng nQ. said'back segmentbeing shaped anddimensioned to extend across the b'aclc'of thehandaway'from said bigh't to" the ulnar ,side of "the hand,'and a frontsegment con -i: nected to the ulnar end of said back segmenta'nd shap dand dimensioned to extend therefrom across 'the palm".

of the hand from-the ulnar side to the radial side of the 4. The golfinghand grip of claim 1, wherein said front segment adjacent its connectionto said back segment has a portion of maximum width for engagement withfrom said maximum width pottion toward the radial side of the wearershand References Qitedi n the file of this patent i I V UNITED S'I ATESPATENTS 2,277,893

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